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A. PANASOI.

PLATE LIFTER, APPLICATION FILE-D NOV. 20, 1909.

Patented Apr. 19,1910.

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ANGELO PANASCI, OF ALBANY, NEVJ' YORK.

PLATE-LIFTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANGELO PANASOI, a citizen of the Kingdom of Italy,residing at 52 Madison avenue, in the city of Albany, in the county ofAlbany and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Plate-Lifters, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to devices for washing dishes and the object of myinvention is to produce a device by which the dish may be safely held invery hot water without burning the hand of the operator. I accomplishthis object by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my dish-washing device.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of amodified form of my dish-washing device. Fig. at is a side elevation ofthe modified form shown in Fig. 3.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the frame of the dish-washingdevice. The frame A is provided with the handle B and is preferably madeof heavy wire. The body of the frame may be rectangular as shown in Fig.1 or round, as shown in Fig. 3. At the bottom of the frame are bracketsC, C forming a seat for one edge of the dish.

D is a secondary frame mounted slidably upon the frame A. The frame Dhas a ring E located upon the handle B in a suitable'position so thatthe operator holding the handle B in one hand may insert one of thefingers of that hand into the ring E and thus operate the frame D totake up or release a dish. The frame D is mounted to slide in thesleeves F, F.

S is a spring, one end of which bears against the shoulder or bracket Gattached to the handle B, and one end against the frame D, so that aperson by taking the handle B in one hand, with a finger in the ring E,may operate the device. By drawing upward on the ring E the operatorwill compress the spring S and open the device for the insertion of adish into the seat 0, and upon releasing the ring E the spring S willforce the frame D back and the seat H will engage the opposite edge ofthe dish and hold it secure.

H, H are brackets or catches attached to Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed November 20, 1909.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

Serial No. 529,057.

seats for the opposite edge of the dish, one edge of which is located inthe seat C, C.

In operation the dish is deposited at one edge in the seat C, C and theframe D is slid upward by the ring E until the seats H, H will beremoved sufliciently to engage the opposite edge of the dish so that thedish will rest securely in the seats C, C at one edge and the seats H, Hat the opposite edge and in this position may be inserted in boiling hotwater without injury to the operator.

In order to expand or contract the frame A for larger or smaller dishes,as the case may be, I make the frame in two sections, so that onesection A will slide over the other section A and I make the notches J,J in the frame A and the springs K, K attached to the other section toengage the notches J, J so that the frame can be expanded or contracted,as desired, and held in the desired position by the springs K, K and thenotches J, J.

As a modified form of my dish-washing device I construct the frame Arounding, as shown in Fig. 3, without any expanding device. Made in thisway it is convenient to take small sized dishes and hold them securelywhile being subjected to the action of very hot water and by making theframe D and the spring S of considerable length difierent sized dishescan be used without the expanding device for the frame A shown in Fig.1.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A dish-washing device consisting of a frame containing a seat on itslower extremity adapted to hold the edge of a dish, said frameconsisting of overlapping parts slidably mounted upon each other, asecondary frame slidably mounted upon the first named frame, a handle tothe first named frame, a ring attached to the secondary frame below theend of the handle of the first named frame and adapted to be operated bya finger of the hand of the operator holding the said handle, a springbearing at one end of the first named frame and the other end on thesecondary frame adapted to hold the secondary frame in a downwardposition upon the first named frame, a seat at the lower extremity ofthe secondary frame oppo-site the seat upon the first named frameadapted to hold the opposite edge of a dish the lower end of the frame Dso as to form l located in the first named seat.

dish at its lower extremity, said frame consisting of two partsoverlapping each other, means for expanding and contractlng said frameby sliding one of the overlapping parts over the other, a secondaryframe slidably mounted upon the first named frame, seats at the lowerextremity of the secondary frame adapted to hold the opposite edge ofthe dish resting in the seat on the first named frame, a spring adaptedto force the secondary frame downward upon said dish when located insaid seats means for operating said secondary frame, substantially asdescribed for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANGELO PANASCI. Witnesses GARRY CAPPELLANO, WALTER E. WV RD.

